HSK Guide

Radical 8a lid, a top; the cap sitting on a character

tóu (second tone, rising)

a lid, a top; the cap sitting on a character

Radical 82 strokes0 characters

Where the shape comes from

A short horizontal with a dot resting on it — something laid over the top. It is never a word on its own; dictionaries simply call it tóu, "the head". It caps 六, 京, 高, 市, 交 and 亮, characters whose upper element was once a roof, a hat or a cover of some kind.

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